F3 Knoxville

Get Low

THE SCENE: Low 50s and slightly overcast.  A number of hoodies present… Must be expecting a pretty low-key beatdown.  YHC came in on two wheels due to unplanned meeting with John, but at least Stu didn’t show up during the beatdown.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
A bit abbreviated, but mostly there. No FNGs… Let’s Get Low
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH Smurf Jacks x10 IC
Cherry Pickers x6 IC
Peter Parkers
Failure to Launch x8 IC
Freestyle Swims x15 IC
Hand Release Merkins x10 OYO

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the lowest point of the AO at the bottom of the stairs by the docks.
30 Merkins
Up the first set of stairs
60 BBS
Up to the rock
90 Overhead Claps

Mosey to the base of the Matterhorn
Balls-to-the-wall sprint to the top to earn 30s stargazer

Gather in the Pavalon and partner up for some Dora:
30 8-Count Body Builders
60 Super Mario step-ups (60 each leg)
90 6″ LBCs (hold feet 6″ off the ground)
Partner Gets Low and crawls under picnic tables Audible: lots of glass on the floor. Run to top of hill and back

Mosey back to the rock for:
30 Bobby Hurleys
Down to the landing
60 Single-ct shoulder taps
Down to the bottom
90 SSH
Out of time! Mosey back to the AO.
MARY:
Just enough time for about 20s of low plank.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs this morning
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I must admit, as research for this Q I checked out the video for the “song” Get Low.  I can’t say there was much of anything of value there.  But, God actually has quite a bit to say about getting low. Here’s just one of them:

    Mark 9:33-35

And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

This isn’t some sort of weird race where the slowest person who happens to be last is unexpectedly declared the winner at the end. This is a conscious choice, a decision to humble yourself and serve others. Get low. As usual, we get the ultimate example:

    Philippians 2:5-8

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

How will you Get Low today?

MOLESKIN:
When I was planning this Q, the whole “Get Low” theme started with the idea of low-crawling under the picnic tables.  And that’s the one exercise we didn’t do… Next time I’ll bring the leaf blower to the Pavalon…
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Cleveland Launch next week! Also, Mend House workoutreach Monday at 6. May parlay into Fountain City AO…

Trick or Treat

THE SCENE: Clear & 40

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Cherry Picker x 5
  • Mountain Climbers x 20
  • LBAC x 10 each direction
  • OYO Stretches

THA-THANG:
It’s time to Trick or Treat!   QIC had index cards in hand – each card had a Trick exercise and a Treat exercise listed.  PAX blindly chose “Trick” or “Treat” and then we did that exercise

  1. Warm Up Circle – TREAT
    • Shock & Awe Burpees.   10 Burpees, 9 Burpees, 8 Burpees….. all the way down to 1 Burpee
  2. Pee Rocks – TRICK
    • Pee Rock Inchworm Merkin.  Grab a rock and slide it forward…do a merkin on the rock…then walk your feet up to the rock.   Rinse & Repeat the length of the parking spaces and back to the start line.
  3. Baby Everest – TRICK was chosen but we quickly audibled and did the TREAT
    • TRICK:  backward bear crawl up the hill x 5.   Dumb idea…we could barely do it once….audible…
    • TREAT:  7’s on the hill.  Thrust Merkins at top – Starjacks at bottom
  4. Long Island – TREAT
    • 3 laps around the island.  At each end of the island do increasing reps of burpees:  3,6,9,12,15,18.  Time ran out…we didn’t make it past 12.

MARY:

  • TREAT
    • Captain Thor
    • Side Crunch x 10
    • Pickle Pounder x 15

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 brothers.   Tweet-E, Bueller, Wallball, Bluecross, Tonka, Ribbed, Waxjob, Podium, Judge Judy, Mayberry, Tank, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Is your Christian walk a cruise ship or a war ship?   It is so easy to slip into complacency and comfort as a Christian in America.  The Bible continually tells us we are at war with the evil one – our lives should reflect this.  On a cruise ship the captain is the head entertainer, on a war ship the captain leads us into battle.  On a cruise ship the crew is there to meet your needs, on a war ship you are expected to hold up your brothers up and hold them accountable.  A cruise ship docks when the war begins, a war ship sails headlong into battle.  As men we should all have a warship mentality – Christ promised us this life would be tough if we chose to follow him.  I pray that you find your strength in Christ as you put on Gods armor and go headlong into battle each day.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

3rd anniversary celebration 11/3 & 11/4

3 Rounds

THE SCENE: 57 degrees, no rain, dry parking lot…what more could you ask for!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20, merkins x10, rockettes x20, calf stretches

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the back lot near the bottom of Matterhorn.
Round 1: 100
25 merkins run to line (50yds) and back
25 Lunges run to line and back
25 LBCs  3-count run to line
move to round 2
Round 2: 200
50 squats run to line and back
50 SSH run to line and back
50 toe touch LBCs to line and back
Move to Round 2
Round 3: 100
25 shoulder taps run to line 3 and back
25 Bobby Hurley’s run to line 3and back
25 dry docks run to line 3 and back
Move to Round 1 and keep repeating till time is up
Mosey to AO by way of steps and hill at restaurant
MARY:: dealers choice
hands up hello dollys, BBS X20, backwards leg extensions

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
WORRYING DOES BO GOOD.

““So I say to you, do not worry about your life—what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing? “Look at the birds of the air. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns; yet your Father in heaven feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:25-29‬ ‭TLV‬‬

MOLESKIN:
Big praise for Tweet-E’s M today is 18 years sober!!!! What an amazing accomplishment!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 olympics and functions around the anniversary Nov 3-4

Recycle-a-Q

THE SCENE: 71 Degrees – muggy and dark
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH IC x 25
  • Toy Soldiers IC x 10
  • Merkins IC x 10

THA-THANG:

  • The De-Escalator -(borrowed from Bartman) A list of 10 exercises. Complete round and run to end of the parking lot, complete round again but this time taking off the last exercise. Rinse and Repeat until there are no more exercises remaining.
  • 10 Clean & Press
  • 9 Weighted Squat
  • 8 Curls
  • 7 T-Merkins (Steamers for Tweet-E)
  • 6 Weighted Lunges ea leg
  • 5 Flutter Kicks w/ CMU above head
  • 4 Burpees
  • 3 Burpees
  • 2 Burpees
  • 1 Burpee

MARY:

  • Tank – Flutter Kick IC x 30
  • WaxJob – with a beautiful rendition of Row, row, row your boat
  • LBC IC x 25

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
When leading, if we put others ahead of ourselves and our own needs, the process is natural and fulfilling. If we are worried about how we will look, or how we will be perceived, we will be riddled with anxiety and our ability to lead effectively may be hindered.

Philippians 2:3-4

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See Weekly E-Mail!!!

Bag of nuts

THE SCENE: 70, gloomy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Ruck long way to the cess pool

Coupons: 80#, 56# bag of nuts from waxjob
THA-THANG:
At the cess pool;

  • 10 man makers
  • Lunge walk 25 yds
  • 10 merkins
  • Bear crawl 25 yds
  • 20 squats
  • Lunge walk 25 yds
  • 10 merkins
  • Bear crawl 25 yds
  • 10 man makers

Carry coupons for another lap . Dropped waxjob sack of nuts and picked up the 60# bag and headed back to the cess pool.   Hook both sandbags together .

10 ruck thrusters

Team bear crawl while dragging the sand bags 25 yds

10 ruck presses with a 30 second overhead hold at the end

Team bear crawl/drag bags 25 yds

10 ruck swings

Ruck back to the truck

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Pray for safe travels for everyone this week for fall break
MOLESKIN:
Tank’s youngest daughter birthday today
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 3 year anniversary